War is Good For Business

Non-Violence Positions in Restoration Movement Churches of Christ in Canada.

"In 1936, Bailey based his opposition to bearing arms in war on two grounds: on the command not to murder or kill others and on the economic greed that war represents. He asks, “Can a Christian kill his fellow men and be guiltless?” Bailey believes that killing others in war makes believers no better than criminals. The carnage of the Great War – “those
that came back were gassed, maimed in every conceivable way” – shocks and saddens him. He also appeals to parents, asking them should their sons “die as rats to fill the coffers of the already rich?" Here he raises his
second argument: “how international financing kept both sides in the field” to make money. He feels that such a “nauseating” scene “shouldopen the eyes of the people to the solemn truth that war is a racket.” (John Carlos Baily of Ontario - became Gospel Herold editor in 1939) second argument: “how international financing kept both sides in the field” to make money. He feels that such a “nauseating” scene “shouldopen the eyes of the people to the solemn truth that war is a racket.”(John Carlos Baily of Ontario - became Gospel Herold editor in 1939)

~ Must We have War Again? A Preliminary Exploration of Pacifism in the Restoration Movement in Canada Through the Pages of the Gospel Herald (1936-1940)
RUSSEL PRIME